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VI. Feeding Experiments with Steers. 



(a) To note the efl'ect of distinct fodder rations upon the 

 pnxhiction of live weiglit. 



(b) To secure facts relative to the actual cost of beef 

 production in Massachusetts under existing local conditions. 



(c) To compare the relative merits and cost of pasture 

 V. soiling during the summer season. (A resume of all our 

 experiments with steers follows this experiment.) 



VII. Feeding Calves for Veal. 



(a) To see if it were possil)le to replace the butter fat 

 removed in the cream by some cheaper fat or oil, thus pro- 

 ducing a mixture resembling in composition whole milk. 



(6) To see if such a mixture would fatten calves eco- 

 nomically. 



VIII. Digestion Experiments witpi Sheep. 



1. To study the digestibility and consequent ralue as a 

 source of food of a variety of concentrated cattle foods. 



2. The digestibility of the pentosans. An investigation 

 into the value as a source of food of a group of substances, 

 called pentosans, found in most of our cattle foods, concern- 

 ing which our knowledge heretofore has been very limited. 

 This article at the present time has rather more of a scientific 

 than practical interest. 



